Our Mission
Transforming the lives of those in need.
Our Work
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We fight hunger through food pantries and community kitchens.
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We strengthen communities through skills-building programs that offer a path to success for the unemployed, recent immigrants and the formerly incarcerated re-entering society.
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We protect the most vulnerable through health and wellness programs that improve quality of life for senior citizens, the homebound, and people with substance-use disorder.
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We create opportunities for the next generation through children's arts, academic enrichment and summer recreation programs.
In the true spirit of outreach,
every program is free of religious content,
welcoming one and all.
Bishop & President's Letter
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We write in the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. The work of our programs has never been more important, and we are incredibly proud of our staff and all our programs as they respond with imagination and passion to the increasing needs across our Diocese. The COVID crisis, like so many crises, falls disproportionately on hourly workers and those for whom food insecurity is an issue even in “normal” times.
Our outreach work continues across the ten counties of the Episcopal Diocese of New York thanks to the generous support of individuals, congregations, corporations and foundations. We appreciate the confidence that you have placed in us and pledge to remain good stewards of the funds entrusted to us.
Episcopal Charities supports diverse outreach programs: children’s academic enrichment, children’s arts, community kitchens, food pantries, health and wellness, skills building and summer recreation. In 2019, grants were provided to 101 programs serving more than one million people, particularly those living below the poverty line, the working poor and the undocumented.
As an invested partner with the programs we support, Episcopal Charities has a keen understanding of the socioeconomic challenges across the area. We make annual visits to every program, giving us a unique vantage point to witness the impact programs have on the individuals and communities they serve and help us to offer assistance as programs face new issues.
Episcopal Charities utilizes three assets to achieve its mission. The first is the critical funding to support outreach. The second is the educational programs delivered by our Sustainability Institute. These free workshops allow programs to develop greater capacity to deliver on their mission to ensure their longevity. The third is the human capital we supply through our network of volunteers. We recruit and train volunteers to provide extra hands to deliver services as well as meeting requests for specialized assistance with skilled volunteers in our Consultant Corps. This balanced approach provides the requisite combination of tools to help our programs continue to prosper and to strengthen their communities.
This annual report provides a window into the world of our programs and the amazing work they do in transforming lives across the diocese every day. We only are able to do this life-changing work because of your support. Thank you for making this possible. By helping to respect the dignity of every human being, we can make this world a better place for all of our neighbors.
With gratitude,
2019 Grants Paid
In 2019, Episcopal Charities awarded $988,080 in grants.
*asterisk denotes multi-year grant
Children's Academic Enrichment
Total: $137,300
After School Program | St. Ann's Church, Bronx | $21,000 |
After School Program | St. Margaret's Church (Longwood), Bronx | $4,900 |
After School Program | St. Edmund's Church, Bronx | $5,000 |
After School Program | St. Andrew's Church, Bronx | $4,300 |
After School Program | Iglesia Memorial de San Andres, Yonkers | $15,400 |
Brighter Futures Mentoring Program* | Grace Church, White Plains | $15,000 |
Freedom School Summer Program | St. Ann's Chuch, Bronx | 20,000 |
GO Project | Grace Church, Manhattan | $15,000 |
GO Project | St. Luke in the Fields, Manhattan | $11,000 |
Homework Help | St. Michael's Church, Manhattan | $1,500 |
Jubilee Afterschool Program | Church of Our Savior, Manhattan | $9,000 |
Learning Center | St. Peter's Church, Port Chester | $7,800 |
Manhattan North IPC Summer Educational Project | All Soul's Church, Manhattan | $7,400 |
Children's Arts
Total: $79,350
After School Music Program | St. Paul's on-the-Hill Church, Ossining | $3,600 |
Amazing Grace Circus! Big Top Summer Camp | Grace Church, Nyack | $7,700 |
CEPHAS Arts | St. Peter's Church (Westchester Square), Bronx | $4,000 |
Christ Church Community Outreach Youth Programs | Christ Church, Staten Island | $6,300 |
Jubilate Community Youth Choir | Christ Church, Warwick | $3,000 |
Nesin Cultural Arts Academic Year Program | St. John's Church, Monticello | $12,100 |
Nesin Cultural Arts Summer Intensive Music Academy and Visual Arts Institute | St. John's Church, Monticello | $3,000 |
Pied Piper Children's Theatre Summer Program | Holy Trinity (Inwood), Manhattan | $4,000 |
Voices of Hope Choir | St. Georges Church, Newburgh | $5,100 |
Washington Heights Choir School | Holyrood Church, Manhattan | $11,300 |
Young at Arts* | Christ Church, Bronxville | $15,500 |
Summer Recreation
400,Total: $80
Brighter Futures Summer Camp | Grace Church, White Plains | $16,000 |
Incarnation Camp - Pioneer Village | Church of the Incarnation, Manhattan | $10,600 |
Summer Camp | St. Edmund's Church, Bronx | $4,000 |
Summer Camp | St. Andrew's Church, Bronx | $8,300 |
Summer Camp | Christ Church, Poughkeepsie | $12,300 |
Summer Camp | St. Mary's Church (Manhattanville), Manhattan | $5,500 |
Summer Program | St. Peter's Church, Port Chester | $12,300 |
Summer Program | Iglesia Memorial de San Andres, Yonkers | $7,000 |
Summer Vacation School | Church of Sts. John, Paul & Clement, Mt. Vernon | $4,400 |
Community Kitchens
Total: $209,000
Angel Food East | St. John's Church, Kingston | $15,000 |
Brown Bag Lunch Program | Trinity St. Paul's Church, New Rochelle | $5,000 |
Brown Bag Lunch Program | Christ & St. Stephen's Church, Manhattan | $7,200 |
Cathedral Community Cares | Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Manhattan | $15,000 |
Community Meal | All Saints’ Church, Manhattan | $2,400 |
Crossroads Community Services* | St. Bartholomew’s Church, Manhattan | $25,000 |
Feeding Ministries | Christ Church of Ramapo, Suffern | $15,000 |
Feeding Ministry | St. Margaret’s Church (Longwood), Bronx | $2,200 |
Friday Food Fest | Holyrood Church, Manhattan | $4,500 |
Grace’s Kitchen | Grace Church, Nyack | $4,800 |
Grace’s Kitchen* | Grace Church, White Plains | $20,000 |
Guild of St. Margaret Soup Kitchen* | Grace Church, Middletown | $25,000 |
Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen | Church of the Holy Apostles, Manhattan | $15,000 |
Neighborhood Dinner and Mobile Food Pantry | St. Peter’s Church, Port Chester | $11,400 |
Our Lord’s Soup Kitchen | Grace Church (West Farms), Bronx | $5,000 |
Outreach Program | St. Michael’s Church, Manhattan | $12,600 |
Shepherd’s Kitchen | La Iglesia del Buen Pastor, Newburgh | $5,900 |
Soup Kitchen | Church of St. Ignatius of Antioch, Manhattan | $3,200 |
St. Andrew’s Kitchen | St. Andrew's Church, Bronx | $7,500 |
Sunday Meals | Church of St. Matthew and St. Timothy, Manhattan | $3,000 |
Wednesday Night Homeless Dinner | Church of the Epiphany, Manhattan | $4,300 |
Food Pantries
Total: $233,950
Ascension Outreach | Church of the Ascension, Manhattan | $4,000 |
Brewster Community Food Pantry | St. James’ Church, North Salem and St. Andrew’s Church, Brewster | $9,000 |
Brown Bag Lunch & Food Pantry | St. Thomas’ Church, Mamaroneck | $1,300 |
Caring Hands Food Pantry, | St. John’s Church, Monticello | $12,400 |
Comida de Vida/Food of Life Food Pantry | St. Thomas’ Church, Amenia Union | $14,000 |
Community Food Pantry | St. Mary’s Church, Mohegan Lake | $12,200 |
Community Meal and Food Pantry | St. Mary’s Church, Staten Island | $2,000 |
Community Outreach and Holiday Basket | Christ Church (New Brighton), Staten Island | $5,000 |
Fed By Grace Food Pantry | Grace Church, Port Jervis | $6,100 |
Food Pantry | Church of Sts. John, Paul & Clement, Mt. Vernon | $5,000 |
Food Pantry | St. Edmund’s Church, Bronx | $4,500 |
Food Pantry | Church of the Atonement, Bronx | $8,000 |
Food Pantry | Iglesia Memorial de San Andres, Yonkers | $17,300 |
Food Pantry | St. Paul’s Church, Poughkeepsie | $7,000 |
Food Pantry | Zion Church, Wappingers Falls | $5,700 |
Food Pantry | Church of the Ascension, Mt. Vernon | $2,800 |
Food Pantry | St. George’s Church, Newburgh | $7,500 |
Food Pantry and Soup Kitchen | St. Ann’s Church, Bronx | $20,000 |
Food Pantry and Soup Kitchen | St. Mary’s Church (Manhattanville), Manhattan | $13,500 |
Food Pantry at the Community Center of Northern Westchester | Church of the Good Shepherd, Granite Springs | $5,400 |
Fred’s Pantry (Caring for the Hungry and Homeless of Peekskill) | St. Peter’s Church, Peekskill | $8,000 |
Love Kitchen and Pantry | St. Peter’s Church (Westchester Square), Bronx | $15,500 |
Mount Kisco Interfaith Food Pantry | St. Stephen’s Church, Armonk | $15,000 |
Project Dignity (NYCP) | Church of the Heavenly Rest, Manhattan | $8,700 |
Rondout Valley Food Pantry | Christ the King Church, Stone Ridge | $6,650 |
Sloatsburg Food Pantry | St. Mary’s Church, Tuxedo Park | $7,000 |
St. James Food Pantry | St. James Church (Fordham), Bronx | $7,500 |
St. Peter’s Food Pantry | St. Peter's Church (Chelsea), Manhattan | $2,900 |
Health and Wellness
Total: $78,800
A-HOME’s The Next Step: Intensive Support | St. Matthew’s Church, Bedford | $9,500 |
Art & Acceptance | Church of St. Luke in the Fields, Manhattan | $15,000 |
Emergency Shelter Partnership | St. Matthew’s Church, Bedford | $6,900 |
Helping Hands Interfaith Coalition for the Homeless* | St. Mary’s Church, Tuxedo Park | $15,900 |
Pathways Drop-in Program | All Angels’ Church, Manhattan | $6,500 |
Putnam/Northern Westchester Women’s Resource Center’s Advocacy and Intervention Project | Church of the Good Shepherd, Granite Springs | $10,000 |
Robert Daniel Jones Memorial Shelter | St. Mary’s Church (Manhattanville), Manhattan | $15,000 |
Skills Building
Total: $103,030
Angels Basketball Program | Church of St. Matthew and St. Timothy, Manhattan | $5,000 |
EPIC Regional Youth Leadership Program | Grace Church, Millbrook | $10,000 |
ESL Program | St. Mary’s Ghanaian Episcopal/Anglican Church, Bronx | $2,000 |
Family Connections Program at the Nyack Center | Grace Church, Nyack | $5,500 |
Girl Power Program | St. George’s Church, Newburgh | $7,000 |
Grace Immigrant Outreach | Grace Church, Millbrook | $18,500 |
Hospitality for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals | St. Philip’s Church (Harlem), Manhattan | $6,530 |
Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison (Sing Sing Program) | Christ’s Church, Rye | $16,000 |
Ulster Immigrant Defense Network | Holy Cross Church/Santa Cruz, Kingston | $20,000 |
West Side Campaign Against Hunger – Chef Training Program | Christ & St. Stephen’s Church, Manhattan | $12,500 |
Program Investment Grants
Total: $70,000
Community Leadership Academy | Iglesia Memorial de San Andres, Yonkers | $20,000 |
Jones Educational Support Center | Christ Church, Riverdale | $20,000 |
Washington Heights Choir School | Holyrood Church, Manhattan | $20,000 |
Young at Arts | Christ Church, Bronxville | $10,000 |
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On Tuesday, November 12th Episcopal Charities held its annual Tribute Dinner at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan and welcomed 570 guests. The dinner raised nearly $1.2 million to help support 101 vital outreach programs throughout the Diocese of New York.
Episcopal Charities was pleased to honor the Most Rev. Michael Bruce Curry and James A. Baker, III, & Susan G. Baker. Both Presiding Bishop Curry and Secretary Baker offered inspirational remarks.
Eldredge Blalock, a recent graduate of Hudson Link for Higher Education, who now serves as the Development Manager at Hudson Link, spoke about this program and how his earning two degrees while incarcerated transformed his life and that of his family.
Our thanks go out to Dinner Chairs Mathew Ailey and Andrew Horrocks, Master of Ceremonies Campbell Wharton, our honorees and to all those who so generously supported the event.
2019 Tribute Dinner
Special Recognition
Dyson Foundation
For the ongoing support of programs in Dutchess County and the Hudson Valley, from the proceeds of a designated gift made in 1997.
The Kirk-Hammond Trust
Administered by the Trustees of Estate and Property of the Diocesan Convention of New York, for a grant to support programs serving the elderly.
Corporations & Foundations
